Human Origins: The Early Migration Flashcards

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Neanderthal

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early hominid from Eurasia

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Java Man

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early hominid from Java

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3
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Lucy

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famous fossil, more than 3 million years old

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4
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Australopithecus Africanus

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class of early hominids

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5
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Homo erectus

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advanced version of hominid with larger brain

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6
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Homo sapiens

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modern humans

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7
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homo floresiensis

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unique species of hominids from the island of Flores in Asia, only 3 feet tall

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8
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bipedalism

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walking upright on two feet

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9
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hunter gatherer society

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main social organization and subsistence strategy fo more than 95% of human history

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10
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Dreamtime

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collection of stories and ceremonies in Australia telling the early beginning of occupation during prehistory

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11
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Clovis culture

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prehistoric culture of North America

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12
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Venus of Willendorf

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famous prehistoric female figurine

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13
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Otzi the Iceman

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famous fossil of a prehistoric man found in the European Alps in the 1990s, fully dressed and with all his tools including a bronze axe

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